December 2022
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December 30th, 2022. Bloody Streaks.
Kristen Jones once again wins at Christmas getting me a Triceratops sculpture from my old college friend and original i love you And I Miss You bandmate CJ Roelle! And then there were dragons and Grogus of course! It’s the Night Before New Year’s Eve and all through the house… there was a whole lot…
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December 30, 2022: Kristen’s Year In Review
So I’ve gotten into the habit of doing these “Kristen’s Year In Review” things…figured I’d post this in the Journal like last year, as these pics have already been posted on Facebook – and maybe it’s good to draw some content away from the social media giants… For me, 2022 seemed weirdly divided into time-pockets…
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December 28th, 2022. Open Spark and Heather Aubrey Lloyd and 2022 in general.
ilyAIMY kicking off the last open mic of the year at the Spark in Takoma Park, MD. We started this with about 96 hours warning for Dave Eisner’s birthday on November 22nd and I think it’s taken about 5 weeks to hit it stride, but last night was magnificent, doing very much what I think…
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December 24th, 2022. Snow Trolls.
Weirdly, among the myriad things that we have to worry about is our cat’s new screen addiction. It’s 7. Windchill of -7. Nicely symmetrical and terrifyingly cold. Walking over to Amy’s last night was certainly not the coldest I’ve ever been, but the shock of that cold knifing through my face was pretty awful. Should’ve…
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December 20th, 2022. Takoma Open Spark w Quiet the Mountain.
Every Tuesday at the Takoma Spark performance space at School of Musical Traditions (7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park MD). Signup at 6pm, performances from 7-whene’r. Webcast Live on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch. There’s actually parking and a listening audience. Welcome to JOY in a small room in Takoma Park, MD! Tonight we were joined by…
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December 19th, 2022. Good and bad and the attic.
Tuesday December 13th Joe Crookston asked me to run his album fundraiser online. He actually arranged his schedule specifically around my availability, which was absolutely flattering. Watching him… he’s a master at what he does. It was honestly a little bit intimidating but I’m hoping SOME day we’ll meet face-to-face cause he’s pretty rad. We’ve…
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December 11th, 2022. It’s beginning to look a lot like…
Setting up in the Taiko Bunker in College Park, MD. Wednesday December 7th found us gathering in Mark H Rooney’s Taiko Bunker in College Park, MD for a long-awaited #randomactsoftaiko / ilyAIMY show. There was a lot of tacos and chaos and Heather had a family emergency that kept from being able to make it.…
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December 6th, 2022. Open Spark with Ruthie Logsdon.
Today, before my open mic, it was time to get Checked OUT. My doctor has just moved into a new office in Catonsville, MD and previous physician’s art is still on the walls. Recognizing the flag and with me running early and my doctor running late, I spent a lot of time reading about controversial…
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December 4th, 2022. Future rob’s gonna kill me.
We’ve no-one to blame but ourselves. Happy Sunday! I went to bed last night, satisfied with what felt like a very busy week, excited about the idea of a day off, woke up this morning and foolishly got sucked into Instagram-scrolling, and instantly felt like taking a day-off would probably ruin my productivity. That being…